Nation/Stormfist

The Principality of Stormfist is a small, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 36 million Stormfistians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Stormfistian economy, worth 315 billion galds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming and Tourism. Average income is 8,755 galds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists visiting the nation are harangued for being capitalist pig-dogs, the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Stormfist after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, good looking soldier boys have celebrity status amongst the nation's homosexuals, and sections of the police receive paramilitary training. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stormfist's national animal is the Harpy Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Stormfist is ranked 52,543rd in the world and 122nd in USSD for Nudest, with 160.5 Cheeks Per Square Mile.